Nats Triple-A player Watson connects in 43 straight games

OTTAWA -- Brandon Watson extended his hitting streak to 43
games Sunday, breaking a 95-year-old International League record.

Watson hit a leadoff single off J.D. Durbin in the sixth and
finished 1-for-5 in Clippers' 11-inning loss.

Jack Lelivelt set the IL record for the Rochester Hustlers in
1912.

"I've always been proud of myself, but it's a team game,"
Watson said Saturday after tying the record. "Individually, I feel I'm doing well, but, in the
end, I want my team to do well, too. If I play well, then my team
will do good."